Background for login, splash, and lockscreen

[Martin Gräßlin]

On Monday 23 June 2014 10:26:26 Thomas Pfeiffer wrote:
> On 23.06.2014 10:16, Ivan Čukić wrote:
> >>> blurred wallpaper can even be smaller in resolution (to save on space I
> >>> guess) since, using gaussian blur removes all detail anyway and the
> >>> resolution becomes almost meaningless.
> >> 
> >> Yes that would work and would be a good solution. There
> > 
> > The question is *which* wallpaper. From which activity / or which virtual
> > desktop. I would love to see this implemented, but it will not be as
> > trivial as this.
> 
> How about when selecting a wallpaper for anything, users can tick a
> checkbox "Use this wallpaper for login", which then blurs and symlinks it?
> Con: There would not be a smooth transition if a different wallpaper is
> shown after login
> Pro: The user would be in control

How about we implement proper configuration for the login screen including 
support for animated wallpapers (screen saver replacement), plasmoids and so 
on? That way we don't need to link anything from the desktop shell to the lock 
screen.

Cheers
Martin
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